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Simon Calver is to become the chief executive of Mothercare after seven years as head of online movie rental firm Lovefilm.

A letter from Apple's legal team reveals that the firm wants Europe to revise rules covering patents that are essential to industry standards.

Judgement is reserved over whether to quash the conviction of a man for a Twitter message threatening to blow up a South Yorkshire airport.

Apple has warned that developers artificially inflated their app rankings may be booted off the service while Google cleans up malware.

Stephen Fry has said that judges need to understand social media better in terms of the law.

News organisations agonise over Twitter policy

Three new regional police hubs for investigating cybercrime are launched across England.

The online deals company Groupon is due to post its first financial results since becoming a publicly traded firm.

Researchers in Glasgow are working on a way to remove greenhouse gas from the atmosphere and put oil back under the North Sea.

How graphics chip advances aided the puppets' return

Yahoo's chairman and three other board members step down as the tumult at the US web portal continues.

Comedians seeking to jumpstart their careers are creating content specifically aimed online video-hosting websites - and finding their creations win plaudits.

Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including live video from children's rooms.

The search giant hosts meetings to find technological answers to the "world's greatest problems".

The data-crunching site unveils a premium service that allows users to upload data, photos and sounds for analysis.

Religious conservative Rick Santorum's startling win in three Republican nominating contests has reignited his White House bid, raising fresh question marks over frontrunner Mitt Romney.

A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people Wednesday in the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu when he detonated an explosive-laden vehicle near the presidential palace, officials said.

Helicopters ferried food and medicine to iced-in villagers on Wednesday as Europe's 12-day-old cold snap tightened its frigid grip on the continent, where more than 400 have died as a direct result.

The Vatican's top prosecutor on Wednesday called for stricter accountability for bishops who cover up child abuse crimes and said 1,000 cases had been reported to him in the past two years alone.

India's most populous state went to the polls Wednesday in a contest pitting the scion of the Gandhi political dynasty against the ruling party of local low-caste leader Mayawati.

Up and coming Northern Ireland musicians are to get the chance to perform at Tennent's Vital this year.

Romania's incoming prime minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu rang the changes at the economy and finance ministries Wednesday when he unveiled his new government.

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas's Gaza-based leadership challenged on Wednesday a Palestinian reconciliation deal signed by the Islamist group's political chief in exile and President Mahmoud Abbas of the rival Fatah movement. Bringing divisions within Hamas to the surface, the group's "Change and Reform" Gaza parliamentary bloc came out against a key clause in the pact under which Abbas would serve both as president and prime minister of a future Palestinian government. The legislative bloc includes Hamas's top Gaza-based leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Mahmoud al-Zahar. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British employers expanded their permanent workforce for the first time in four months in January, a survey of recruitment agencies said on Wednesday, adding to signs that the economy may be improving. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) said their monthly index of permanent staff placements rose to 51.2 from 48.5, the first reading above the 50 line separating growth from contraction since September. "There are glimmers of hope for the UK jobs market," said REC chief executive Kevin Green. ...

Attorney General John Larkin could field questions in the Assembly about public prosecutions under proposals being considered by the Executive.